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TSAI ING WEN

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 26, 2018
China heaps pressure on Taiwan president after election defeat, says 'radical thinking' led to loss
Chinese state media heaped pressure on Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday after her ruling pro-independence party suffered heavy defeats at local elections over the weekend, saying Beijing would seek cooperation with newly elected officials.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 16, 2018
Trump's China battles give Taiwan supporters renewed influence
Escalating tensions between the U.S. and China over trade, the South China Sea and recent arms sales are pushing Taiwan back into the American foreign policy spotlight, attracting Beijing's ire.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 21, 2018
Taiwan calls China ‘out of control’ as it loses El Salvador to Beijing
Taiwan vowed on Tuesday to fight China's "increasingly out of control" behavior after Taipei lost another ally to Beijing when El Salvador became the third country to switch allegiances to China this year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 20, 2018
In first for a Taiwan leader, Tsai Ing-wen tours federal facilities during U.S. stopover
In an apparent first, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Sunday visited a U.S. federal building in an official capacity — a move that China protested Monday amid Washington's trade and security rows with Beijing and the United States' closer ties with Taipei.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 11, 2018
China kicks off 'major' military exercises as Taiwan leader prepares for trip abroad to salvage few remaining allies
The Chinese military has kicked off "major" exercises in the Yellow Sea ahead of Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen's planned departure Sunday for Paraguay, the only Taiwanese ally in South America, and the tiny Central American country of Belize.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2018
China demands halt of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan
China has said that it opposed the United States selling weapons to Taiwan, after the Trump administration approved the marketing license required for American manufacturers to sell technology to Taiwan that would allow for building submarines.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 14, 2018
Trade wars aside, Trump's 'Taiwan card' is China's real worry
Forget steel and intellectual property. The biggest potential flashpoint between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is an island of 23 million people sitting off China's coast.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 5, 2018
China warns Taiwan it won't tolerate separatist activities
China said Monday that it would never tolerate any separatist schemes for self-ruled Taiwan and would safeguard China's territorial integrity with the aim of "reunification" with an island it considers its sacred territory.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 23, 2018
Taiwan president says she does not rule out possibility of China attacking self-ruled island
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said that she does not exclude the possibility of China attacking the self-ruled island, amid heightened tensions between the two sides including an increasing number of Chinese military drills near Taiwan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 6, 2017
Taiwan hopes to find 'natural way' to engage with China's Xi at APEC summit
Taiwan hopes to find a "natural way" to exchange views with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders that starts in Vietnam this week, the self-ruled island's envoy to the meeting said on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 4, 2017
Taiwan's president visits U.S. territory of Guam despite Chinese ire
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen arrived on the U.S. Pacific island of Guam on Friday on her way back from visiting diplomatic allies in the Pacific — a trip that caused strong objections from China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 30, 2017
Taiwan to boost defense spending as U.S. expresses concern over possible military imbalance with China
Taiwan will increase defense spending by 2 percent a year, President Tsai Ing-wen said during a visit to Hawaii where the United States expressed concern over a possible military imbalance in the Taiwan Straits, Taiwan media reported.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 5, 2017
China rejects Taiwan leader's support on democracy, says her party has caused 'chaos'
China hit back at Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's offer to help China transition to democracy on Monday, saying the "values and ideas" pushed forward by her party had caused chaos on the self-ruled island.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 4, 2017
Learn from us, Taiwan tells China on Tiananmen anniversary
Taiwan's president offered on Sunday to help China transition to democracy, on the anniversary of China's bloody crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Dec 17, 2016
The politics of protest in Asian democracies
Across Asia we are witnessing political turmoil and vigorous political contestation. South Korea's "candlelight revolution," involving millions of citizens demonstrating for several weeks in Seoul, instigated the landslide vote to impeach President Park Geun-hye by the National Assembly on Dec. 9. In...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 7, 2016
Former Sen. Bob Dole set up contacts between Trump campaign and Taiwanese leadership
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, acting as a paid lobbyist for Taiwan's government, connected Donald Trump's staff with Taiwanese officials in advance of an unprecedented phone call between the U.S. president-elect and Taiwan's president.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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